Opera by Request is pleased to welcome back soprano Kellie Masalas, heard this past season in leading roles in Gluck’s Orfeo and Kurt Weill’s Street Scene, in a solo recital on Friday, September 8, 7:30 pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. The program includes works by Faure, Lehar, Wagner and others, and includes a group of Canadian folk-song arrangements, both French and English, in commemoration of Canada 150. Phone 416 455-2365 for additional information.

Opera by Request presents Puccini’s La Bohème, in concert with piano accompaniment, Friday, July 28, 7:30pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst). All seats $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Mimi: Jennifer Ann Sullivan
Rodolfo: Jason Lamont
Marcello: Nick Sanfilippo
Musetta: Chantal Parent
Schaunard: Guillaume St-Cyr
Colline: Dylan Wright
Benoit/Alcindoro: Leo K. McKenna

William Shookhoff, pianist and music director

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Opera by Request presents Handel’s Rodelinda, in concert with piano accompaniment, Saturday, June 24, 7:30pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst). All seats $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Rodelinda……………..….Vania Chan, soprano
Bertarido……………..…..Meagan Larios, mezzo-soprano
Grimoaldo……………..…Sean Catheroy, tenor
Eduige………………..…….Victoria Borg, mezzo-soprano
Unulfo………………..…….Daniella Theresia, mezzo-soprano
Garibaldo……………..…..Austin Larusson, baritone

William Shookhoff, pianist and music director

Opera by Request presents a special 10th-Anniversary gala production of Richard Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier, semi-staged with chamber orchestra, June 9th and 10th, Church of the Redeemer, 162 Bloor St. West. Pre-concert chat with Brahm Goldhamer at 6:00pm. Performance at 6:30pm. Tickets $25.00 in advance, $35 at the door. Phone 416 455-2365 for tickets and additional information, or visit our website: OBR10.CA

The Marschallin……………………..Katharine Dain, soprano
Octavian………………………………. Barbara King, mezzo-soprano
Baron Ochs………………….………..Uwe Dambruch, bass
Sophie………………..………………..Danielle Dudycha, soprano
Valzacchi……………...……………….Oliver Dawson, tenor
Annina………………..………………..Melissa Peiou, mezzo-soprano
Faninal……………….…………………Jay Lambie, baritone
Italian tenor…………………………..Ryan Harper, tenor
Marianne………………………………Lindsay McIntyre, soprano
Police Commissioner…………..…..Michael Robert-Broder, baritone
Animal Seller………………..………..Francis Domingue, tenor
Milliner………………………………….Deena Nicklefork, soprano
Servant/Orphan……………………..Catharin Carew, mezzo-soprano
Coachman……………………………..John Warden, bass

Music Moves Kids choir, Erin Armstrong, director

William Shookhoff, music director

Opera by Request presents Mozart’s Don Giovanni, in concert with piano accompaniment, Friday, May 12, 7:30pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst).  All tickets $20.00.  Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.
Don Giovanni………………Norman E. Brown, baritone
Leporello…………………….John Holland, baritone
Donna Anna………………..Susan Elizabeth, soprano
Donna Elvira………………..Cristina Pisani, soprano
Don Ottavio…………………Avery Krisman, tenor
Zerlina………………………..Michaela Dickey, mezzo-soprano
Masetto………………………Austin Larusson, baritone
Commendatore……………Steven Henrikson, bass-baritone

William Shookhoff, music director and pianist